Small island in Vesteraalen, northern Norway

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  2025 

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  • Descripción

    Descripción

    We are a couple living on a small island in Vesteraalen in Nothern Norway. There are only seven houses on the island and only two are permanently inhabited. There are no paved roads on no cars. The only way to get here is by boat.
    In winter we see northern lights (aurora borealis) and in summer the midnight sun. The views around us change constantly as the light is changing.
    We also have some Old Norse sheep to keep the arctic landscape open. They are pretty tough, staying outdoor all year, eating heather, the bark of trees and seaweed.

    When we go for walks on the shore we always pick up beach garbage and we appreciate if workawayers visiting us do the same. Over the years it has become less, but there is always something washing ashore.

  • Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
    Jardinería
    Construcción y bricolaje
    Cuidado de animales
    Ayuda en una granja
    Ayuda doméstica
    Mantenimiento general
  • Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión

    Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión

    Objetivos de las NU
    Fin de la pobreza
    Hambre cero
    Salud y bienestar
    Educación de calidad
    Igualdad de género
    Agua limpia y saneamiento
    Energía asequible y no contaminante
    Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico
    Industria, innovación e infraestructura
    Reducción de las desigualdades
    Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
    Producción y consumo responsables
    Acción por el clima
    Vida submarina
    Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
    Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidas
    Alianzas para lograr los objetivos
  • Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Travellers can learn about the Northern Norwegian lifestyle, culture and life in the arctic. We often prepare local, traditional food for dinner.

  • Ayuda

    Ayuda

    During summer (mid July to early August) we need help hay-making the old way, by hanging grass on racks to dry. Before hanging the grass, we have to sort it, to get rid of an unfavorable weed that is not good for the sheep. While haymaking we mostly have 4 workawayers staying. During that time, when the weather is nice we might need to work longer days. To make up for this, you get more than two days a week off when it's raining or in between.

    The rest of the year, tasks will be varying like maintenance in- and outdoor, painting, in- and outdoor but also restoring furniture as we mostly use second hand furniture. Landscaping like repairing dirt roads and drain the soil around our house. We also need help chopping wood.

    Carpentry skills or other craft skills like bricklaying, landscaping or experience with animals are a plus.
    You should plan to stay at least for a month or more.

    Some of the outdoor help is only possible to be done between May and October.

    Workawayers will not be involved in preparing products we sell or working on the apartment we plan to rent out in the future.

  • Idiomas hablados

    Alemán: Fluido
    Inglés: Fluido
    Norwegian: Fluido

  • Alojamiento

    Alojamiento

    Separate or shared bedrooms (1-2 workawayers per room), you share bath, kitchen and living room with us.
    We will have most meals together and expect you to give us a hand with the daily house work, like sometimes preparing a meal and help clearing the table, tidying after meals and cleaning the common areas in the house in addition to keeping your own room clean.
    Absolutely no smoking in and around the house.

  • Algo más...

    Algo más...

    This is a small island with only seven houses, people living permanently in two of them. No paved roads or pavements. So please do not bring large suitcases or other things on wheels that you can not carry easily. There is no possibility to bring a car. Parking is possible at the harbour where the public boat leaves.

    Nearest shop is a boat trip away.
    You can go for shorter walks on the island and make day trips to islands nearby. Explore coastal history, hike in mountains on neighbouring islands, go fishing when weather conditions allow, if you are lucky you might get to see whales.
    In clear weather we often see the nothern lights "aurora borealis" during the dark time of the year (September to March). May to August we have the bright nights when the sun never seems to set. Midnight-sun from 23rd of May to 23rd of July.
    Make sure to bring a camera with you and have plenty of space on your memory-card.
    The Lofoten islands are a couple of hours (by bus) away and are worth seeing all year round.
    Public transport: boat to and from the island five days a week (7 days a week from June 20 to August 15,) twice daily only Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and connects on the same days with a bus to the nearest town with shops etc. The public boat also stops at several neighboring islands which enables daytrips.

  • Un poco más de información

    Un poco más de información

    • Acceso a Internet

    • Acceso a Internet limitado

      Acceso a Internet limitado

    • Tenemos animales

    • Somos fumadores

    • Puede alojar familias

  • ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    Dos

Número de referencia de anfitrión: 352478353983

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Fotos

La imagen representa a un hombre y una mujer con atuendo invernal, rodeados de ovejas, delante de un granero rojo con el suelo cubierto de nieve.
La imagen muestra una pequeña casa blanca de una planta con tejado oscuro, situada en un campo cubierto de hierba con un granero rojo y una montaña al fondo.
La imagen representa un paisaje sereno con una montaña nevada, un lago y un cielo nublado, con árboles y hierba en primer plano.
La imagen representa un paisaje sereno con una cadena montañosa y una masa de agua a lo lejos, rodeada de exuberante vegetación y un cielo despejado, que evoca una sensación de tranquilidad.
La imagen representa un sereno campo de hierba con un rebaño de ovejas, corderos incluidos, pastando pacíficamente, mostrando una armoniosa escena natural.
La imagen representa un paisaje sereno con un rebaño de ovejas pastando cerca de una masa de agua, con montañas y un cielo nublado de fondo.
La imagen representa una serena puesta de sol, con los rayos del sol atravesando la silueta de árboles y montañas, sobre un cielo degradado.
La imagen representa una impresionante puesta de sol, con una cadena montañosa y árboles recortados contra un cielo naranja y amarillo con nubes oscuras.
La imagen muestra la aurora boreal en un cielo oscuro sobre una cadena montañosa. Las luces son verdes y rojas.
La imagen representa un pájaro en vuelo sobre una colina cubierta de hierba, con un afloramiento rocoso en primer plano y un cielo azul al fondo.

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